altruismnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈæl.tru.ɪ.zəm/us/ˈæl.tru.ɪ.zəm/willingness to do things that bring advantages to others, even if it results in disadvantage for yourself:
She's not known for her altruism.
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Virtue and moral good
- angel
- angelic
- be as pure as the driven snow idiom
- be on the side of the angels idiom
- clean
- ethical
- goodness
- lily-white
- nobility
- noble
- principled
- pure
- purity
- spinach
- straight
- the road to hell is paved with good intentions idiom
- the straight and narrow idiom
- unselfish
- upliftment
- virtue
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altruist
noun [ C ] uk/ˈæl.tru.ɪst/us/ˈæl.tru.ɪst/